Members of the 84th Infantry Battalion are now conducting retrieval operation in landslide-hit area of Sitio Ladian, Barangay Marilog Proper, this city.
A minor was killed and another person went missing, while nine families were displaced by the landslide that hit the area at about 2:00 a.m. Monday.
Sitio Ladian, which is part of Barangay Marilog, is about 50 kms. from the downtown area.
Lt. Col. Gabriel Viray, commanding officer of the 84th IB, said a crack was already sighted by residents on top of the hill prior to the avalanche of mud and debris.
Viray also observed that about 25 houses remain intact near the landslide site where three houses were totally wrecked by a 50-meter landslide.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said a 10-year old girl was killed, whose house was destroyed by big file of mud and debris.
She said rescue workers were still looking for the one missing.
“Emergency workers have to determine if the one missing is the same person who was reported dead,†she said.
Duterte-Carpio said workers of the City Social Welfare and Development Office were already dispatched in the area to determine the assistance which would be extended immediately to the affected families. (PNA)
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